## Rashi on Job Chapter 35

###### Rashi on Job 35:2:1
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**(מענה אליהוא):** 
**הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט.** שֶׁהוּא מִשְׁפַּט הַבְּרִיּוֹת כְּנֶגֶד יוֹצְרָם, אֲשֶׁר **אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי** מִשֶּׁל הַבּוֹרֵא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Elihu’s Address**
**Do you consider this to be customary** that this is the custom of the creatures toward their Creator, what you said—‘My righteousness is greater than that of the Creator’?


###### Rashi on Job 35:3:1
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**כִּי תֹאמַר מַה יִּסְכָּן לָךְ.** דַּרְכֵי יֹשֶׁר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That you say, ‘What will it benefit you** ways of uprightness,


###### Rashi on Job 35:3:2
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**מָה אוֹעִיל.** בְּצִדְקָתִי יוֹתֵר מֵחַטָּאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
and what profit will I have more than if I had sinned?’


###### Rashi on Job 35:4:1
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**וְאֶת רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּךְ.** שֶׁשָּׁתְקוּ עַל דְּבָרֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your companions with you** who remained silent at your words.


###### Rashi on Job 35:5:1
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**הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם.** וְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁהוּא גָּבוֹהַּ וְאַתָּה נָמוּךְ, וְאֵין לוֹ תּוֹעֶלֶת בְּרִשְׁעֲךָ וְצִדְקְךָ, לָמָּה תִּתְפָּאֵר אֵלָיו בְּצִדְקְךָ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gaze at the heavens** And since He is high and you are low, and He has no benefit from your wickedness and righteousness, why do you boast to Him about your righteousness?


###### Rashi on Job 35:8:1
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**לְאִישׁ.** אֲשֶׁר כָּמוֹךָ יוּכַל וְיוֹעִיל רִשְׁעֲךָ וְצִדְקָתֶךָ, רְאֵה רְשָׁעִים רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a man like yourself** your wickedness or your righteousness can and will benefit. Observe [that there are] many wicked men. who,...


###### Rashi on Job 35:9:1
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**מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים.** שֶׁהֵם עוֹשְׁקִים, **יַזְעִיקוּ** אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת לְפָנָיו, **וִישַׁוְּעוּ** עֲנִיִּים **מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּים** הָעוֹשְׁקִים אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the many oppressed ones** whom they oppress, they [the wicked] cause the creatures to cry out before Him, and the poor cry for help from the arm of those who oppress them.


###### Rashi on Job 35:10:1
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**וְלֹא אָמַר.** הָרָשָׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he did not say** The wicked man [did not say]


###### Rashi on Job 35:10:2
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**אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי.** לִירָא מִפָּנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
‘Where is God, my Maker?’ to fear Him.


###### Rashi on Job 35:10:3
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**נוֹתֵן זְמִירוֹת.** כְּמוֹ ״כַּרְמְךָ לֹא תִזְמֹר״ (ויקרא כה:ד), שֶׁמַּכְרִית אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים בַּלַּיְלָה. כְּגוֹן אַמְרָפֶל וַחֲבֵירָיו (בראשית יד:טו), וּמִצְרַיִם (שמות יב:כט), וְסַנְחֵרִיב (מלכים ב יט:לה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who deals destruction** Heb. זמירות like (Lev. 25:4), “nor prune (תזמר) your vineyard,” for He cuts off the wicked at night, e.g., Amraphel and his allies, Egypt, and Sennacherib.


###### Rashi on Job 35:11:1
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**מְלַפְּנוּ.** מְלַמְּדֵנוּ חָכְמָה יוֹתֵר מִבְּהֵמוֹת, כְּלוֹמַר: חֲשָׁבָנוּ וְגִדְּלָנוּ **מִבַּהֲמוֹת וּמֵעוֹף**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who teaches us** He teaches us more wisdom than [He does] the beasts; i.e., He esteemed us and made us greater than the beasts and the birds.


###### Rashi on Job 35:12:1
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**שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ.** וּרְאֵה, אֲשֶׁר שָׁם צוֹעֲקִים הָעֲנִיִּים מִפְּנֵי **גְּאוֹן** הָעוֹשְׁקִים אוֹתָם, וְהוּא אֵינוֹ עוֹנֶה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There they cry out** And see that there the poor cry out because of the pride of those who oppress them, and He does not answer, for...


###### Rashi on Job 35:13:1
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**אַךְ שָׁוְא לֹא יִשְׁמַע.** מִיָּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, God will not hear vanity** immediately.


###### Rashi on Job 35:13:2
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**וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה.** לְהִנָּקֵם מִיָּד, אֶלָּא מַאֲרִיךְ אַפּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither will the Almighty see it** to avenge it immediately, but He is longsuffering.


###### Rashi on Job 35:14:1
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**אַף כִּי תֹאמַר.** כָּל שֶׁכֵּן אַתָּה, שֶׁאֵין צַעֲקָתְךָ בָּאָה כִּי אִם עַל יָדוֹ, וְאַתָּה תֹּאמַר וְתִזְעַק עַל אֲשֶׁר **לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ** לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ עִמּוֹ; כְּלוֹמַר: אוֹתָם הַקּוֹבְלִים וְצוֹעֲקִים אֵינוֹ מְמַהֵר לַעֲנוֹתָם, וְאַתָּה תִּצְעַק **שֶׁלֹּא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ**?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Surely you who say** Surely you, whose cry comes only because of Him, and you say and cry that you do not see Him to debate with Him. That is to say that those who complain and cry, He does not hasten to answer, yet you cry that you do not see Him?


###### Rashi on Job 35:14:2
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**דִּין לְפָנָיו.** (דְּבָרְךָ סס״א) בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**present your case before Him** (Your arguments—absent in some editions) wherever He is.


###### Rashi on Job 35:14:3
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**וּתְחוֹלֵל.** וְקַוֵּה לְתַנְחוּמִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and wait** And hope for consolations.


###### Rashi on Job 35:15:1
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**וְעַתָּה.** דַּע לְךָ, כִּי אַיִן הִיא פְּקִידַת (אַפּוֹ) זֹאת עָלֶיךָ; אֵינָהּ כְּלוּם לְפִי רוֹב עֲווֹנוֹתֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now** you should know that this visitation [of His Wrath upon you is nothing according [compared] to your many iniquities.


###### Rashi on Job 35:15:2
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**וְלֹא יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹד.** בְּרוֹב חֲטָאֲךָ הִתְנַהֵג הַבּוֹרֵא כְּאִלּוּ לֹא יְדָעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He did not know because of the great multiplicity** Because of your many sins, the Creator acted as though He did not know them.


###### Rashi on Job 35:15:3
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**בַּפַּשׁ.** לְשׁוֹן רוֹב, כְּמוֹ ״וּפִשְׁתֶּם״ (מלאכי ג:כ), וּכְמוֹ ״כִּי תָפוּשׁוּ וְגוֹ׳״ (ירמיה נ:יא); ״כִּי פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע״ (ויקרא יג:נא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the...multiplicity** Heb. בפש, an expression of multiplicity, like (Malachi 3:20), “and be fat (ופשתם),” and like (Jer. 50:11), “as you become fat (תפושו)”; (Lev. 13:51), “that the mark has spread (פשה).”


###### Rashi on Job 35:16:1
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**יַכְבִּיר.** לְשׁוֹן מְאֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he increases** Heb. כביר, an expression meaning, exceedingly.